Freedom?
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MatureOngoing<5 mins
Last published Tue, Jun 7, 2022
It's the 1960's, schools are desegregated, blacks and whites are equal... or are they? Rie Jackson wonders the same question. Day by day he grows more curious. Will there ever be peace? When will everyone be considered equal? Why does the color of someone's skin determine how they should be treated? Rie wishes he knew the answer... that someone.. anyone... knows. Take a step back into history and time as Rie tells his story.
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